Zaindi Choltaev
Zaindi Choltaev, a Chechen political analyst, served in the 1990s as deputy foreign minister and Chairman of the Administration in the Provisional State Council of Chechnya’s separatist government. He spent the academic year 2002 to 2003 in Washington as the visiting Galina Starovoitova Fellow at the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies.
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Articles by Zaindi Choltaev
AFTER THE TRAGEDY
Since the tragic events in Beslan, much has changed in Russia. At first there was shock. The authorities seemed disoriented; instead of working effectively to rescue the hostages, they issued
SURKOV AND THE SEARCH FOR ENEMIES
An interview with Vladislav Surkov, President Putin's deputy chief of staff, published by Komsomolskaya pravda on October 1 provides a glimpse of the dark new political climate now facing Russia.
The Failure Of “chechenization”
The explosion in Grozny on May 9, 2004 threw the Russian leadership into disarray. The death of Akhmad Kadyrov, as well as the drastic deterioration of the security situation in
ON THE EVE OF ELECTIONS IN CHECHNYA: AN EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT
By Zaindi Choltaev We left Sunzhensky district early in the morning, heading for Grozny from the west of Chechnya. After the turn to Assinovskaya, still not far from the Ingush
KADYROV SEEKS LEADERSHIP OF ALL ETHNIC CHECHENS IN RUSSIA
By Zaindi Choltaev Akhmad Kadyrov is striving not only to concentrate in his own hands all power within Chechnya; he also wants the Kremlin to treat him as the head
A NEW NATIONALITY POLICY OR A NEW SETBACK FOR RUSSIA
"Being a Tatar in Bashkortostan is hard--but is it any easier for a Russian in Tatarstan? Or a Chechen in Moscow?" - Vladimir Putin In their search for a national
The Failure Of “chechenization”
The explosion in Grozny on May 9, 2004 threw the Russian leadership into disarray. The death of Akhmad Kadyrov, as well as the drastic deterioration of the security situation in
SURKOV AND THE SEARCH FOR ENEMIES
An interview with Vladislav Surkov, President Putin's deputy chief of staff, published by Komsomolskaya pravda on October 1 provides a glimpse of the dark new political climate now facing Russia.
AFTER THE TRAGEDY
Since the tragic events in Beslan, much has changed in Russia. At first there was shock. The authorities seemed disoriented; instead of working effectively to rescue the hostages, they issued
KADYROV SEEKS LEADERSHIP OF ALL ETHNIC CHECHENS IN RUSSIA
By Zaindi Choltaev Akhmad Kadyrov is striving not only to concentrate in his own hands all power within Chechnya; he also wants the Kremlin to treat him as the head
ON THE EVE OF ELECTIONS IN CHECHNYA: AN EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT
By Zaindi Choltaev We left Sunzhensky district early in the morning, heading for Grozny from the west of Chechnya. After the turn to Assinovskaya, still not far from the Ingush